JoeW

11 hours ago, tomacht8 said:

In your preaching, you are 100% right.
This should have been heard by the OP 16 years ago.
Now it's too late.
This is now about concrete damage limitation and behavioral tips.

True. The only thing he can do is to close his business and get on with his life. Had a good run.

4 hours ago, gdgbb said:

 

Absolute nonsense.   Put food on the table legally, and make sure you can do it before you take on the responsibility of a family who will depend on you.

Absolutely correct. Operating a legal business ain't so hard if you follow the rules and are able to go with the "flow". It's just a matter of actually wanting to operate a legal business instead of taking the easy way out.

For foreigners married to a Thai person, they already allow us to stay in Thailand under a non-immigrant o visa which is easily obtained. Starting your own business or finding a job if you're qualified is not so difficult.

4 hours ago, Lamkyong said:

looking or doing  ??any schedule on that

The land has been located...however it will take at least 5 years to even start the immigration office.

Each province will have an immigration office and for many of us Yang Talat will be closer than any other office.

Sure beats the 130 km drive to Sakhon Nakhon...

Immigration is looking to locate in Yang Talat near the police station. The land has to be government owned or we would have offered our land next door to Big C Kalasin. 

In addition to Makro, there will also be a Robinson opening in 2018 on the patch of land in front of Global House. Land has been bought already.

Exactly, you can chose to get red plates or not...doesn't matter if they're included in the deal...once your white plates arrive you get your refund back.

Any dealer who tells me they are included in the deal is a dealer I walk away from.

4 minutes ago, Crossy said:

 

Thanks Joe, but even zooming in on the plate and playing with the levels I don't see the government seal

 

I understand it's a small (ish) round embossed marking, or am I barking up the wrong tree here? If so, how does one identify real from fake red plates?

 

It's all I had at hand for now. Today my new car will come will take a close up then :)

2 hours ago, Crossy said:

Anyone got an image of a genuine red plate which clearly shows the government seal?

 

Just bought a new car (not collected yet) want to ensure all is above board. Wifey will hit the roof (to the point of cancelling the order) if the dealer tries to pull a fast one.

Real plates

1 hour ago, DepDavid said:

Buriram. We actually drove with a laptop connected to the vehicle proving the shift to sixth was not occurring. I was driving so could not see what it indicated but it was the dealership service manager who suggested the next step in the algorithm which is to get the expert from BKK to take a look. I think we are moving forward. They are very responsive to this point.

Your dealer seems to be doing their job. However, I still believe there is no need for an expert from Bangkok. As the information read from the diagnostic tool can be emailed to Bangkok for analysis.

Anyway let us know how things end. I wish you the best of luck :)

3 hours ago, DepDavid said:

I'm just hoping for an appropriate resolution. If it takes a little time no problem. Toyota expert in hospital ( they only have the one???) so I'm hoping for his quick recovery then we can move forward.

Do you mind telling us where your dealer is located? Your problem can be found by using the TDT (toyota diagnostic tool). Every dealer can use it.

7 hours ago, DepDavid said:

Waiting for an appointment with the "experts " from Bangkok to come evaluate it.

I hear it takes months to get parts for the ford!

It might take months to get parts for the Toyota too. Seems that some people are having to wait at least 1 month for the new gearbox to arrive...

There have been a few topics on Thai fora regarding this problem. The solution in their case was to replace the gearbox under warranty. Try another dealer or call Toyota HQ for more information.

Having lived in Japan for over 5 years and having permanent residency there, I can only say that Japan is a very accepting country towards other nationalities. The court just not wants to make an exception, because an exception can become a very dangerous precedent. To work in Japan is actually not so difficult to do it legally. Even bloggers, freelancers etc can get a work permit if all documents are presented.

I got my PR pretty easily by working in Japan for 5 years, I automatically was selected for PR. A process which took not more than a couple of months and costed absolutely no money. 

It all depends how he has extended his non-immigrant O visa.

1// With 400,000 THB in the bank account -> In this case his non-immigrant O stays valid.

2// With income of 40,000 THB or more -> In this case as he is leaving the reason for extension (his work) of his non-immigrant O then it becomes invalid.

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-> IT Complex in the city or Central Khon Kaen will have this.

Marriage Visa (at consulate / embassy) - Single

- Marriage certificate

- Passport 

- Thai wife ID card, blue book

Marriage (at consulate / embassy) - Multiple Entry

- Marriage Certificate

- Proof of 400.000k in bank account or income of 40k/month (Depends on consulate/embassy if this is necessary or not)

- Passport

- Thai wife ID card, blue book

Extension of above Visa based upon Marriage (best to call your immigration office)

- Marriage Certificate

- Kor Kor 22

- Passport & copies of every page

- Valid Marriage Visa

- Thai wife ID card, blue book

- Witness (depends on immigration office), blue book

- Letter Phu Yai Baan + his ID card + his official card + his blue book

- 400.000k in bank account for 2 months (1st extension), 3 months for (2nd extension) (Depends on immigration office)

- Bank statement saying that the money has been in the account for 2 months

- Updated bank book on the day of application

- Map to your house

- 3 photos (in front of the house, in the back and living room)

A Thai bank.

You need to take a TOEIC exam. It's only organized once per month in Khon Kaen. I recommend you go to Bangkok to take it as it's daily x 4.

You need a minimum of 600 out of 990.

Test cost is 1,800 baht + 100 for EMS'ing the results to your home.

Results are sent out the next day.

I found the website. If you can read Thai the information is here otherwise ask a friend or your wife to read it. Phone number also on it.

http://www.pcd.go.th/info_serv/en_air_noise.htm

There are actually laws regarding noise and noise pollution in Thailand. The current law states that peaks of sound (less than a couple of seconds) cannot exceed 110dB and continuous noise cannot exceed 75dB.

However, I have no idea who to contact or what to do in your situation.

normally it's worth to change the waterpump at the same time as it's easy to access when the belt is off

Thanks for offering those other suggestions I will seek out the 77 milk and look for this white house joint too.

Just a note. The kebab garden restaurant is now closed Monday and Tuesdays.

The "White House" is just that, a White House, and not a restaurant... It is a large residence of a local who liked the looks of the office "While House" from the US...

Pianoman

The owner of that white house is also the owner of Rasa (next to 77 milk) and 77 milk. Also a well-known architect in Thailand and Laos

At Mitsubishi, if you want synthetic, you need to ask it otherwise it's semi-synthetic oil instead of synthetic.

Price for 6L of synthetic oil at Mitsubishi is probably around 800 baht. At cockpit it's 650 baht.

depends on your budget really. There are decent cameras for a couple of thousand baht.

If you want a good brand stick with Kenwood or Alpine.

I have this one on my car. http://www.alpine-asia.com/product/Drive-Assist/HCE-C1000D

Service free battery are no good in Thailand as temps are too high and water will evaporate from the cells and there is no way to replace the water. Buy a maintenance battery and check the cells once a month. Also diesel engines take more cranking power because of the high compression so a heavy duty cranking amp battery in needed. Hope this helps.

Not necessarily though. Certain battery makers (Hitachi in particular) really designed their batteries properly for hot climates.

They are so sure of themselves that they warranty an SMF battery for 2 years. That's better than anyone else on the Thai market.

From personal experience, I have driven 100,000 km in 3 years with an SMF battery and never had an issue.

I don't think two years is a problem. Everybody has said most batteries last 2-3 years. How about a 5-10 year warranty, now that would be something to crow about.

I understand they last longer than 2 years, but there is no brand in Thailand giving more than 1 year warranty